Our Services
Our services are designed to help our clients successfully implement governance best practices, achieve alignment between board and CEO, manage new relationships, reach better decisions, and meet investors and insurers expectations for best practices. For publicly-traded corporations, that can mean an edge in competing for investor and insurer confidence in the companys ability to deliver consistent and superior returns to shareholders. For privately-held companies, it can mean the difference between success and failure in attracting the capital and executing the strategy necessary to grow the business. For non-profits, it means the ability to fulfill the mission of the organization more effectively and with donors confidence in prudent fiscal management.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:
Board assessment and alignment techniques that emphasize agreement and understanding of goals and strategies among directors and between boards and CEOs
Planning and leading board retreats, building on the results of the board assessment, developing consensus, and surfacing, and resolving areas of disagreement or dispute
Counsel and advice to CEOs, boards, board committees, and corporate staff about governance structuring and best practices that are appropriate to the company and tied to long-term strategy
Improving board dynamics in order to increase board effectiveness, particularly after transformational events such as mergers and acquisitions
Confidential sounding board for CEOs and directors to maximize their effectiveness in accomplishing corporate objectives
Honing of governance practices and structures for boards and corporate staffs, and development of processes and supporting material that improve their performance
Board and staff structuring and assistance for companies to meet stock exchange listing requirements and adopt governance best practices
Development of ethics programs including codes of conduct, roll-out to employees, ethics training, and follow-up to ensure acceptance and practice
Mediation services to resolve difficult and contentious issues among directors and corporate staffs
Facilitation, coaching, and mediation for family-owned businesses in order to increase value for all stakeholders
Preparing the board and corporate staff for the IPO by developing best practice governance structures and procedures
Board crisis prevention and management plans
Governance for not-for-profit organizations to help them fulfill their mission, at the same time assuring their constituencies, including donors, that they are governed prudently